Best Elementary Schools in Arizona

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the AASA and AzSCI test scores by the Arizona Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on November 25^th after the AZ Department of Education's recent release of the 2024 AzSci scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 912)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
040593000276	81	Copper Canyon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	17650 N 54th St	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-7200	422	33	12.7		288 (68.2%)	3 (0.7%)	57 (13.5%)	43 (10.2%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (6.2%)	$8,739	$372	$146	$889	$7,648	$573	$8,221	88.7	92.4	79	2
040450000358	82	Madison Richard Simis School	Public	PK, KG-4	7302 N 10th St	Phoenix	85020	Maricopa County	Madison Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 664-7300	960	43	22.4		610 (63.5%)	26 (2.7%)	221 (23.0%)	18 (1.9%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (8.3%)	$10,345	$759	$103	$1,621	$7,481	$2,002	$9,483	88.7	91.7	87	5
040187003321	83	John & Carol Carlson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	5400 S White Dr	Chandler	85249	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 224-3800	622	38	16.2		388 (62.4%)	23 (3.7%)	113 (18.2%)	41 (6.6%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	53 (8.5%)	$8,861	$731	$88	$1,550	$7,804	$238	$8,042	88.7	91.5	89	6
040011101594	84	Center for Educational Excellence	Public, Charter	K-8	1700 E Elliot Rd Ste 9	Tempe	85284	Maricopa County	Allen-Cochran Enterprises Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 632-1940	325				200 (61.5%)	19 (5.8%)	79 (24.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	5 (1.5%)	18 (5.5%)		$00			$00			88.6	82.4	213	129
040187002479	85	Chandler Traditional Academy-Freedom	Public	PK, KG-6	6040 S Joslyn Ln	Gilbert	85298	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 224-2600	626	37	17.1		310 (49.5%)	19 (3.0%)	149 (23.8%)	86 (13.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	59 (9.4%)	$8,791	$846	$92	$1,784	$7,613	$239	$7,852	88.5	91.2	96	11
040340000261	86	Patterson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1211 E Guadalupe Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 892-2803	536	37	14.6		314 (58.6%)	23 (4.3%)	136 (25.4%)	6 (1.1%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (9.3%)	$7,810	$273	$647	$1,194	$7,019		$6,890	88.5	84.6	185	99
040022901918	87	Milestones Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	4707 E Robert E Lee St	Phoenix	85032	Maricopa County	Milestones Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 404-1009	184				79 (42.9%)	11 (6.0%)	14 (7.6%)	74 (40.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.7%)		$00			$00			88.4	71	325	238
040011203573	88	American Leadership Academy Gilbert North K-12	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1070 S Higley Rd	Gilbert	85296	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 344-9892	2,431				1,712 (70.4%)	37 (1.5%)	494 (20.3%)	48 (2.0%)	9 (0.4%)	6 (0.2%)	125 (5.1%)	$5,729	$61	$172	$294	$4,023	$1,472	$5,495	88.4	90.6	109	21
040176001358	89	Canyon View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5725 N Sabino Canyon Rd	Tucson	85750	Pima County	Catalina Foothills Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 209-7700	389	28	13.8		231 (59.4%)	10 (2.6%)	100 (25.7%)	12 (3.1%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.5%)	$9,521	$292	$571	$1,155	$6,936	$1,721	$8,657	88.4	91.3	95	6
040757000647	90	Hopi Elementary School	Public	K-5	5110 E Lafayette Blvd	Phoenix	85018	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-2000	643	37	17.1		475 (73.9%)	21 (3.3%)	75 (11.7%)	24 (3.7%)	5 (0.8%)	5 (0.8%)	38 (5.9%)	$6,857	$88	$546	$721	$6,067	$157	$6,224	88.4	93.8	63	27

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on AASA English Language Arts, AASA Mathematics, AzSCI Science test scores released by the Arizona Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Arizona Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Arizona Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.